hackenthorpe

All these accusations of trolling and astroturfing are completely off topic. If anyone is trying to derail the discussion here, it's you.

There was nothing trollish at all in my earlier comment - you just wish not to believe it.

Anyone who disagrees with you must either be joking or astroturfing? How impolite.

Indeed. It's true to say that there would have been a lot more terrorist attacks, and more serious organised crime, were our security services not using the bulk surveillance data sets for their analyses.

Of course, none of the details can be revealed for operational reasons, so the more paranoid fill in the blanks with 1984-style dystopian fantasy. It's unfortunate, as they really are doing good work.